“There’s no evidence to suggest I can’t take the job on,” Lennon said.

“I’ve been here since 2000 as a player, coach or manager and in that time, Celtic have won 14 league titles and I’ve played a part in 10 of them, so I think I know how to win titles here. That gets overlooked.”

Celtic, who won the League Cup in December and sealed an eight successive Premiership title this month, face Hearts in the Scottish Cup final on 25 May.

“If we win the Scottish Cup, that’ll be my seventh cup,” Lennon said. “Any time we lost the league that I’ve been involved in, it was on the last day of the season. Any time we’ve won the league, we’ve skooshed it.”

A former Celtic captain and coach, Lennon returned to the club for a second stint as manager when Rodgers left for Leicester City.

“I never said I wanted [the manager’s job] long term,” Lennon added. “My contract here expires at the end of May and after the cup final I’ll sit down with whoever, and that’s always been the case.